Cheap clothes online could make you sick

May 31, 2024

Major fashion retailer Shein was caught selling millions of clothes containing toxic chemicals, some of which are linked to cancer. Plus, an Amazon driver ignores a house fire, Samsung washing machine drama, and police drones are here.

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Steve Jobs started using the “i” prefix for Apple products with the iMac in 1998. Back then, the “i” stood for “internet.” What does it mean now?

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This is so fly: Amazon Prime Air’s delivery drones have received Beyond Visual Line of Sight clearance to go nationwide in 2025. Pilots can operate them remotely, and drones can legally travel farther. Hopefully, this doesn’t turn into people skeet-shooting for “prizes.”

Amazon driver ignores a house fire

A family’s home burned for over three hours. The crazy part is, just 20 minutes in, an Amazon driver arrived to drop off a package. Watch what happens when he enters the smokey garage.

11 years later

Gamers are still using their PS4s. The PS5 has been out for four years, but nearly 50 million people are still hanging on to their old consoles. Hey, if it ain’t broke, why shell out $400?

Treble maker: The scam starts with an email about a family death and a free piano. Wait, a piano? Yep. If you reply, they hook you up with a fake shipping company that needs your name, address and phone number. Then — oh! — you need to pay for shipping. That’s when the scammer disappears. Don’t fall for it.

Scammers pretending to be the Social Security office

Be careful what information you give over the phone, especially if you aren’t expecting a call.

600,000 routers

Destroyed in 72 hours by a mysterious hacker. In October 2023, thousands of Windstream internet customers reported their routers had suddenly gone dark. A new security report reveals it was a targeted attack using a single piece of malware anyone can find online. The who and why are both still a mystery.

Play to pay: At 22, Kyasia Watson is raking in over $100,000 a year from Roblox. Nope, she’s not streaming; she’s a digital fashion designer who collabs with big brands to craft in-game items, clothes and accessories for player avatars. Roblox has 77 million daily active users, btw. Cha‑ching!

🛠️ This is not a drill: After thieves stole his construction tools, a Virginia man turned the tables, installing a GPS system on his stuff. The next time crooks struck, they led him right to a storage unit. The police found over 15,000 stolen items in the unit, totaling over $3 million — and from other victims, too! What a hero.

🌎 A Swedish joke? There’s Norway I can Finnish it: Scientists developed an AI-enabled bilingual brain implant. One stroke survivor communicates in Spanish and English. It uses neural network technology, essentially a decoding system that transforms brain activity into sentences in both languages. Amazing.